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The Desert Isle Redux, William C. Clayton Oct 2021

The Desert Isle Redux, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Though the members of JBS certainly have faultless taste in singers, some of them are obviously not very good sailors. Shortly after we published the ocean contretemps of a few of our company (the present editor included), we received word of three similar ship wrecks. Fortunately, these unlucky souls also managed to salvage their beloved JB tapes which contained their precious "top ten" favorites from Jussi's substantial recording career. Perhaps the beneficent hand of our dear honoree is stretched out over us, for all managed not only to survive the island ordeal but to return safely to their homes. Here, …

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A British Voice, Joseph Hislop Oct 2021

A British Voice, Joseph Hislop

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

On one of my visits to Stockholm for guest appearances in the early 1930s, Jussi Bjorling came to me and asked for advice regarding a number of problems of singing technique. He had already, at that time, presented his- beautiful voice at the Royal Opera and also in Copenhagen, and had shown both critics and the public alike that here was a rare star on the rise.

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He Generously Filled His Horn Of Plenty With Beautiful Tone, Johannes Norrby Oct 2021

He Generously Filled His Horn Of Plenty With Beautiful Tone, Johannes Norrby

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

He was probably seventeen years old when I first met him. To me he seemed to be- if I may use the expression- a male Pallas Athena, she who sprang fully armed from her father's head. Jussi, too, materialized fully armed from his father's head. David Bjorling is said to have once said about his son: "There will never be another tenor like Caruso - perhaps Jussi."

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Twenty-Five Years With Jussi, Helmer Enwall Oct 2021

Twenty-Five Years With Jussi, Helmer Enwall

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

For more than twenty-five years I had the pleasure of working with Jussi Bjorling and introducing him, not only to the musical centres of Europe, but also to the USA, Latin America and South Africa.

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Jb Websites: An Introduction, William C. Clayton Oct 2021

Jb Websites: An Introduction, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Now that the Society's web site has been updated, we thought that you might appreciate a survey of other Internet sites devoted to JB. Of course you can browse for yourselves, but if you are not yet connected to the Internet, you might like to know what is being done for Jussi. (Note: Most public libraries provide free access to the Internet.) In addition, since we have added our own site to cyberspace, some acknowledgment of our "brethren" seems suitable. What follows, however, is not a critical appraisal of the sites but rather an objective description. We leave you to …

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Jb Analogies: Same Recordings - Different Voices, Kristian Krogholm Oct 2021

Jb Analogies: Same Recordings - Different Voices, Kristian Krogholm

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

There is much discussion going on among Jussiologists about how he sounded in real life. But who's to tell? I think it is somehow easier to say how he did not sound, based on the telling of many people who had the good fortune to hear him live. Jussi's voice did NOT have that hard, metal-sound that would be easy to present to the listener with the use of certain digital remastering processes, and that would make him sound like the best of Corelli, Lauri-Volpi, del Monaco, di Stefano, Bergonzi and Pavarotti all put together. Jussi would out-sing any of …

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Jussi In The News: Media Notes Of Interest To Our Members From Our Members., Dan Shea Oct 2021

Jussi In The News: Media Notes Of Interest To Our Members From Our Members., Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

+ Well, for the committed Jussi-phile (and that certainly includes all members of this Society, by definition}, the biggest media Jussi-fest of the year has to be the publication, in April, of Number 2, vol. 16 of The Opera Quarterly: over 30 pages of fascinating Remembrances of Jussi, by London Green, William Ashbrook, M. Owen Lee, and Robert Baxter; followed by Andrew Farkas' description of his search to track down the answer to one of the mysteries of Jussi's performance-history, in the 14-page article ''Bjorling and Ballo, 'The Most Unkindest Cut of All'". You'll want to follow all the twists …

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In The Spotlight: Don Pruitt Jussi's Concert At Constitution Hall, Washington, Dc, March 3, 1957 Oct 2021

In The Spotlight: Don Pruitt Jussi's Concert At Constitution Hall, Washington, Dc, March 3, 1957

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

During the mid-1940's, when I was a teenager growing up in Roanoke, Virginia, I somehow or other chanced upon opera. During the afternoon radio broadcast period usually devoted to such enthralling boys' adventure serials as "Jack Armstrong," "Captain Midnight," and "The Green Hornet," a local station transmitted a condensed Aida over several days; this captured my imagination and interest. Then I found the Saturday afternoon Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and would listen to them whenever I had the chance. I very dearly remember from this period a complete Aida, a Walkuere, and especially Peter Grimes, this last because, I think, of …

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The Voice That Stopped A War, Jack Allott Oct 2021

The Voice That Stopped A War, Jack Allott

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It was in the early 1940's - I am sure of that - perhaps 1943 or '44, certainly no later. Our 'wireless', (that's a radio to the under fifty-year olds,) was a little Marconi which sat on a shelf near the back door. From its chrome-edged circular speaker came many sounds of that age. I was an avid listener to the dance orchestras of the day. Occasionally there would be the sound of Nelson Eddy singing manfully of 'Stout Hearted Men' - he was my favourite. Sometimes I'd hear Allan Jones singing the 'Donkey Serenade'. I quite liked him too. …

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Kung Heimer Och Aslog - A Jussi Bjorling Mystery Song, Ellen L. Lienhard Oct 2021

Kung Heimer Och Aslog - A Jussi Bjorling Mystery Song, Ellen L. Lienhard

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It was almost a mystical experience: I heard this song by August S5dennan (1832-1876) on an old 45 rpm record imported from Sweden some 40 years ago (ERAS 102), just shortly after Jussi's death. My knowledge of Swedish was nil, but the power of this song from the first sounding of the harp through the melancholy atmosphere of the narrative captured my imagination and made me long to know the meaning of this text. Who was King Heimer? Who was Aslog? Why did the singer sound so mournful at first and then seem to gather strength and resolution as the …

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Erik Saeden Visits The Jussi Bjorling Museum, Lars Hemmingsson Oct 2021

Erik Saeden Visits The Jussi Bjorling Museum, Lars Hemmingsson

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

The Jussi Bjorling Museum and the Scandinavian Jussi Bjorling Society have been trying for many years to secure the services of Erik Saeden as a guest speaker. Finally Harald Henrysson, curator of the museum, succeeded in tempting him to visit Borlange. Initially the intention was that Erik would come alone, but he suggested that he could bring along one of his students and this idea was agreed to immediately. So it came about that on Saturday the 20th February (1999] two singing guests honoured Borlange with their presence, a Borlange cloaked in its beautiful wintry whiteness.

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The Golden Voices: Caruso To Callas, Yoel L. Arbeitman Oct 2021

The Golden Voices: Caruso To Callas, Yoel L. Arbeitman

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

KUAT closed the last century for us by producing a thirteen part series entitled The Golden Voices: Caruso to Callas. KUAT is the Radio Station of the University of Arizona, Tucson. The series was made possible by a grant from the Mary and Igor Gorin Family Trust Fund and was produced, written, and hosted by Bill Pitts. The enticing series was widely syndicated early this century. The thirteen programs were sequentially: "Enrico Caruso (World's Greatest Tenor)", "Luisa Tetrazzini (It Ain't Over till the Fat Lady Sings)", "Feodor Chaliapin (A Giant of a Man)", "Amelita Galli-Curci (Making Opera History)", "Beniamino Gigli …

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An Update: Jbs' Excursion To Sweden In June 2000 Oct 2021

An Update: Jbs' Excursion To Sweden In June 2000

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Fifteen Jussi Bjorling fans will go to Sweden in June, under the auspices of our JBS-USA. We will all spend some time in Stockholm, and especially we will all visit the Bjorling Museum in Borlange to show our support of that essential institution. And a highlight of the trip will be a joint meeting of our group with the Scandinavian J.B. Sallskapet (Society) on June 18u. at the summer home of Kickie and Lennart Ekman on the island Toro in the Stockholm archipelago.

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Our Mini-Conference In Nyc: Postponed!, Bill Clayton, Mickey Dove, Bill Dove, Tom Hines, Dan Shea Oct 2021

Our Mini-Conference In Nyc: Postponed!, Bill Clayton, Mickey Dove, Bill Dove, Tom Hines, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

In our 4Q99 issue of this Journal, we proposed a one-day mini-conference on August 20, 2000. There seemed to be considerable interest in this idea from some of our members and from some our advisors as well: So we began preparations and announced in our 1Q00 issue that the meeting was ON ("Save this date!"). As our preparations continued, however, we found more good reasons to postpone than to go ahead with our original date. Here are some of the key ideas involved:

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From The Editor's Desk, Mickey Dove Oct 2021

From The Editor's Desk, Mickey Dove

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Congratulations to Advisor Andrew Farkas upon his receiving the Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award - 2000 from the University of North Florida. In 1991 Andrew received the Distinguished Professor Award from the University, and he has been the recipient of many other honors as well: Jussian of the Year (Swedish Jussi Bjorling Society) 1997; Enrico Caruso and Lawrence Tibbett were made into talking books for the blind; Enrico Caruso and Opera and Concert Singers received the "Choice Awards" in their 1985 and 1990 list of books. JBS is fortunate indeed to have advisors like Andrew who are willing to give their …

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Side Bar Oct 2021

Side Bar

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

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Front Matter Oct 2021

Front Matter

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

No abstract provided.

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Jussi Bjorling Oct 2021

Jussi Bjorling

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Newspaper Clippings

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Here And There Oct 2021

Here And There

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

There has been much discussion recently on Bjorling e-list regarding the Urania Trovatore. Albert Innaurato- opera lover and sometime writer for the NY Times, BBC Magazine, Gramophone, Opera News, Vogue, Vanity Fair, etc.- recently purchased the CD set on Yoel Arbeirrnan's recommendation; his comments follow

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That Old Desert Isle, William C. Clayton Oct 2021

That Old Desert Isle, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Jussi continues to succor our esteemed members. Fortunately these episodes do not imitate the outcome of The Perfect Storm, but perhaps our members should consider some sailing lessons. While it is heartwarming to know that over and over JB has sustained our little band when in dire sailing straits, surely these maritime contretemps are becoming a habit. Still, we are grateful that our friends have survived to share with us their lists of indispensable JB items.

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Jussi Bjorling From The Chorus's Perspective, Sture Ingebretzen Oct 2021

Jussi Bjorling From The Chorus's Perspective, Sture Ingebretzen

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

There ,,vas a feeling in the air that something sensational was happening from the very first day Jussi Bjorling came to the Royal Opera. People who throughout their lives had had the advantage of being able to listen to good singing became aware at once that this plump young man with the fine eyes and attractive hair-line had a voice of incomparable radiance. I am not old enough to remember the years before Jussi's debut at the Opera when a singer such as Battistini would give guest performances, when John Forsell was at the height of his singing career, when …

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The Head Of The Queue, Kurt Bergengren Oct 2021

The Head Of The Queue, Kurt Bergengren

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

A May night in Stockholm can be wintry. The moon turns pale and glacial. Daybreak arrives with an icy thrust of wind. Those who sit in Gustav Adolf Square feel how a shiver arises from the water and flows into the city, chilling the nearby streets. Only the prospect of something warming and beautiful could induce one to pace those streets. Jussi Bjorling's guest performances in the 1940s and '50s were shining events in the Stockholm tundra.

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Bjorling Rarities: A New Cd, William C. Clayton Oct 2021

Bjorling Rarities: A New Cd, William C. Clayton

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

Here it is! Bjorling Rarities, brand new as of July, 2000, issued by VAI, # VAIA 1189. Contained are five selections never before issued in any form, and many others which ,Were hitherto available only on pirated LPs or hopelessly scattered. Before I comment on the selections and the booklet, following are the pieces. Note that they are all live broadcasts, but more about that later.

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Jussi In The News: Media Notes Of Interest To Our Members From Our Members, Dan Shea Oct 2021

Jussi In The News: Media Notes Of Interest To Our Members From Our Members, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

In honor of our Society's June pilgrimage to Stockholm and Dalarna, we begin by confirming that Jussi still maintains his place in the Swedish consciousness

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In The Spotlight: Joel Bjorling, Jussi Bjorling Anecdotes, Joel Bjorling Oct 2021

In The Spotlight: Joel Bjorling, Jussi Bjorling Anecdotes, Joel Bjorling

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

I first heard about Jussi Bjorling from my parents. Though I never met him in person, he was always fondly remembered. We had his records at home, and my parents heard him sing at the Shrine Mosque in Peoria, Illinois.

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Searching The Library Of Congress: The Bell Telephone Hour Radio Broadcasts, Cantor Don Goldberg Oct 2021

Searching The Library Of Congress: The Bell Telephone Hour Radio Broadcasts, Cantor Don Goldberg

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

In March of this year, I traveled to Washington, D.C., to research Jussi Bjorling radio broadcasts from the 1930's to the 1950's at the Library of Congress (LOC). There I was able to hear the Voice of Firestone programs, most of which were in good condition. On June 5th I returned to the LOC to investigate the existence and condition of the Bell Telephone Hour programs.

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Jbs-Usa Travels "In The Footsteps Of Jussi Bjorling,", Dan Shea Oct 2021

Jbs-Usa Travels "In The Footsteps Of Jussi Bjorling,", Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

It's hard for me to imagine a more perfect trip than JBS's recent excursion through Stockholm and Dalarna- we were blessed in many ways! Where to begin?

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Bits And Pieces About Jussi: An Interview With Albert White, Louis Kaplan Oct 2021

Bits And Pieces About Jussi: An Interview With Albert White, Louis Kaplan

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

BK: Today I am going to interview my old friend, Albert White, who introduced me to Jussi Bjorling's voice on 78 records in about 1947 when I was 17. Ten years later on March 3, 1957, he introduced me to Jussi himself backstage at Constitution Hall in Washington.

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From The Editor's Desk, Mickey Dove Oct 2021

From The Editor's Desk, Mickey Dove

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

As JBS-USA approaches its 3rd year of operation, I'd like to take this opportunity to report on several areas of interest relative to our Society. First, I'm pleased to tell you that our original band of 4 has grown to 170 members. This is certainly a tribute to the enduring legacy of Jussi Bjorling as well as to the excellent direction provided by our advisors and boards. Second, member renewals are averaging a remarkable 95%, and we thank you for this measure of your confidence and support. We're also appreciative that so many of you have freely shared your information, …

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Front Matter Oct 2021

Front Matter

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

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